14.08.2017

Silicon Valley accelerator Plug and Play has revealed the elite group of startups accepted into their Fall 2017 batches. Plug and Play only accepted 3% of the qualified startups that applied to this latest cohort. Two startups in the fintech programme are representing Switzerland.

The Stevie Awards are a well-known, world-wide business awards program. This year, the award received entries from more than 60 nations and territories. Among the winners are MySky, Yerra Solutions and Sherpany.

Ten selected startups and SME have the opportunity to pitch to multinational enterprises such as RUAG, SAAB, MAN, Siemens, ABB, Sandvik and GE at an event in September in Neuchâtel. The goal is to generate new industrial partnerships and market oriented research projects with funding available from EUREKA/Eurostars.

11.08.2017

PapayaPods is joining forces with Departiculares.com, Spain’s main online rental property website. The company, founded in Lausanne, is gathering momentum in Spain's and Switzerland's fast evolving rental markets.